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Here’s What Happened Today: Friday

Today everyone’s been talking about lost letters at the Department of Finance, the BT Young Scientist and Matt Cooper in Pyongyang.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news…

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Paul Clarke of St. Paul’s College, Raheny lifts the trophy for the overall prize at BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Pic: Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

INTERNATIONAL

#NORTH KOREA: Matt Cooper spoke to The Last World about his four days in Pyongyang and described ‘outpouring of joy‘ from the crowd upon appearance of Kim Jong-Un.

#FRANCE: A French magazine that revealed an alleged affair between President Francois Hollande and actress Julie Gayet is to remove the report from its website.

#UK: Police in London have launched a murder investigation after three bodies, including a five-year-old boy and a seven-month-old baby boy,  were found at a property in London.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

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(Pic: Jason Clarke photography)

Ireland’s favourite astronaut Chris Hadfield is now an Irish ‘tourism ambassador’, so today he got his hands on this sword, his trusty space travelling guitar and of course, the obligatory pint of Guinness.

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